101.43
Punishment for disobeying subpoena or refusing to answer.

Whoever willfully fails to appear in obedience to the subpoena
provided for in sections
101.41 and
101.42 of the Revised Code, or
appears and refuses to answer a question pertinent to the matter of inquiry, or
declines to produce a paper or record in his possession or control, is liable
to the penalties for contempt of the authority of the general assembly if the
committee is a joint committee, or of the proper house of the general assembly
if the committee is appointed by one house, and shall be dealt with by the
general assembly, or such house, according to parliamentary rules and usages in
cases of contempt. The chairman of the committee before which such person fails
to appear or refuses to answer or produce a paper or record on its order shall
report the facts to the proper house, and on like order issue a warrant for the
arrest and conveyance of the witness before that house to answer for the
contempt. The sergeant at arms or sheriff to whom such warrant is directed
shall forthwith execute it. Proceedings against a witness, or his punishment by
the general assembly or either house thereof, for contempt, shall not prevent
or affect his indictment and punishment for the same offense in a court of
competent jurisdiction.